Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

9 reviews

alyssamakesart's review

funny relaxing fast-paced

4.5

On track to be one of my favorite books of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Ableism, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Bullying

Minor: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Islamophobia

foreverinastory's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Everyone needs to read this to see just how pervasive and draining racism is. My mouth definitely dropped open at the sheer nerve of some of the white people in this book. They were the worst!! Mostly though, these stories did not surprise me. I was really glad to see how Amber and Lacey turned it into comedy and were able to laugh about it.

CWs: Racism, racial slurs, bullying, police brutality, child abuse, cultural appropriation, xenophobia, gaslighting, sexism, misogynoir, stalking, cursing, religious bigotry, classism. Moderate: gun violence, emotional abuse, hate crime, mentions and jokes about slavery, medical content (medicalized racism), grief, colonisation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Sexism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

kelleykamanda's review

emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

What a great book. Both dark and funny, I’d recommend it everyone. It obviously was painful to read at times but the stories were truly informative and important to take note of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Classism

lit_with_lauren's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Sexism

betzee's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Sexism

val_books_of_leisure's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.5

Amber's brilliance in writing is so present in this book that it comes through even better as she and Lacey narrate the audiobook. While there are parts of this book which will make the reader or listener laugh and/or exclaim "What in the world?!" due to the absurdity in these stories, it is such an informative book. These parts of Lacey's and Amber's lives show just how real and prevalent racism still is in the U.S. 

Highly recommend folks listen to the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexism

madisonfrank's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Stalking

reading_bug's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Sexism, and Xenophobia

leighannebfd3b's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexism and Police brutality